Definitions for Shiah

Shiah Shi·ʿah

Spelling: [shee-uh]
IPA: /ˈʃi ə/

Shiah is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in Shiah (ahhis).

Definitions for Shiah

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
  2. (used with a singular verb) Shiʿite.

Origin of Shiah

First recorded in 1620-30, Shiʿah is from the Arabic word shīʿah literally, sect

Examples for Shiah

In religion they are fanatical Moslems of the shiah sect, but combine relics of nature worship with the tenets of Islam.

To make a pilgrimage to Kerbela, or to rest finally in its holy dust, or both, 36 constitutes the ambition of every shiah.

As in all shiah (Mohammedan) lands, the priests (mullahs) possess great power.

It may be added that the King of Ahmadbd declined to accept the suggestion that he should become a shiah.

The struggle between shiah and Sunni was dividing the world of Islam.

Most of the Persian trade with Baghdad and thousands of shiah pilgrims annually pass through it.

Among Muhammadans, shiah women remove their nose-rings during the Muharram as a sign of mourning.

The story of his life as handed down by shiah or Sunni writers has been much exaggerated.

He had listened to the history of the caliphate; he yearned toward Ali and his family; he became in heart a shiah.

The call to prayer from the minarets was adapted to shiah taste.

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